After doing the TP mod the lack of definition that I have been hearing on the mids in general, particularly annoying in voices, has gone. The mids remain a little bit recessed, but I can live with this. The highs have also fleshed out a little bit which makes them more natural sounding. Bass is still great, may be the mid bass is more prominent (but I am not sure). For the cost of a toilet paper piece and five minutes of my time I am immensely happy with the improvement I’ve got.

From what I hear, I believe that performing a mod that dampens resonances is a must for these headphones.

Guys, this is definitely my favorite headphone sound now. The difference this pad mod made is night and day. This is the HM5s over the stock pads. I stitched them together at the back so that the HM5 would cling to the stock pad.

They look absolutely great like that! I was wondering if you have the same results without stitching the pads. I would like to have the option to change pads or just remove HM5 if I want to use them outdoors.

Received my S400s and burned them in for about 70hrs, really enjoying them so far:

The bass has good impact without losing control; the mids are maybe not as forward as I'd like them to be but they are probably around about neutral right now, but hey maybe that could improve a bit with some more burn in; the highs have nice extension without being sibilant. I find them to have quite a laid back sound signature overall, but to me that's not a bad thing.

The only downsides of these cans are the relatively small sound stage, but to be honest I didn't expect much more from a small, on ear headphone; and maybe the comfort - after about 45 minutes I do start to experience a small amount of pain, but usually I can just give my ears a minute of rest or adjust the positioning a bit. On that note, does anyone have any experience of AKG or Audio Technica pads improving comfort at all?

I doubt my ears are as keen as some's, but that's how they sound to me, and overall these headphones have got to be one of the best £30 investments I've ever made

Received my S400s and burned them in for about 70hrs, really enjoying them so far:

The bass has good impact without losing control; the mids are maybe not as forward as I'd like them to be but they are probably around about neutral right now, but hey maybe that could improve a bit with some more burn in; the highs have nice extension without being sibilant. I find them to have quite a laid back sound signature overall, but to me that's not a bad thing.

The only downsides of these cans are the relatively small sound stage, but to be honest I didn't expect much more from a small, on ear headphone; and maybe the comfort - after about 45 minutes I do start to experience a small amount of pain, but usually I can just give my ears a minute of rest or adjust the positioning a bit. On that note, does anyone have any experience of AKG or Audio Technica pads improving comfort at all?

I doubt my ears are as keen as some's, but that's how they sound to me, and overall these headphones have got to be one of the best £30 investments I've ever made

Nice! I think you should really consider the HM5 pads, I just posted about them and they improve soundstage a LOT, open up the upper mids and treble and make them the most comfortable things ever.

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Originally Posted by vsls

They look absolutely great like that! I was wondering if you have the same results without stitching the pads. I would like to have the option to change pads or just remove HM5 if I want to use them outdoors.

I actually couldn't find a way to keep them on without fastening them together somehow. It sounded good enough for me to make it permanent so I did it. I think cute or someone said something on the S500 thread that you can buy rubber O's that you put on the ridge where the stock pads go into, and then put the HM5 pads over that.

Nice! I think you should really consider the HM5 pads, I just posted about them and they improve soundstage a LOT, open up the upper mids and treble and make them the most comfortable things ever.

It does seem like a good idea, however as I do use these for portable use as well as home use I'd need to know if they can still fold with the bigger pads, I.E is the headband big enough for them to still rest inside? If not I could just remove them for commuting, however like someone else asked, are they as good when not stitched to the stock pads? I'd also have to take into account that mine are white, so it may look a bit odd, but that's only a minor concern.